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Lisa Ann wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>Three cheers for Denmark. They did nothing wrong. The people
>>have no control over the newspaper than published the
>>offensive cartoons, and no one but a whacked Muslim would
>>even take offence.

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>
> I'm not sure about that last statement about taking offense...in the US, the
> fundies have been known to take offense to anything that depicts Jesus in
> anything other than their image of him.
>
>


How many embassies have they burned down? Taking offense is different
than taking advantage of that offense to to promote violence and mayhem.
I find a lot of what Sheldon says to be offensive, but I haven't
burned down the newsgroup.

BTW, I'm curious about who drew those extra 3 extra-offensive cartoons
that were being distributed in the Middle East to incite riots.

Bob